The Applied Materials results were bad enough that Goldman Sachs downgraded it, and others in the semiconductor capital equipment space also suffered.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Thursday include AMD, American Express, Broadcom, Citigroup, Conatus Pharmaceuticals, Intel, Micron Technology, Nvidia, Spotify and Wells Fargo.
While market sell-offs and volatility can be brutal, the good thing for those with a long-term view is that expensive stocks become much more reasonable and can be added to portfolios.
Get ready for the semiconductor capital equipment segment to be less cyclical ahead. That's the message from Merrill Lynch's semiconductor team.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Wednesday include Applied Materials, Celgene, Children's Place, Kinder Morgan, Match, Myriad Genetics, Nordstrom and Oracle.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Tuesday include AK Steel, BHP Billiton, Dominion Energy, JB Hunt, KLA-Tencor, Micron Technology, Nucor, Oracle, Roku and U.S. Steel.
Orbotech shares saw a handy gain to start the week, after it was announced that KLA-Tencor had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the firm.
Chris Lange The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Thursday include Alkermes, ArQule, Bluebird Bio, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Ecolab, KLA-Tencor, Pandora Media, Verisk Analytics and Vonage.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Thursday include AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Baidu, Cisco, General Electric, Honeywell, 3M, Salesforce.com, SunPower and United Technologies.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Tuesday include Abbott Labs, Alphabet, Amazon.com, General Electric, Gilead Sciences, Intel, Seagate Technology and U.S. Steel.
Stifel is positive on numerous semiconductor capital equipment companies, and the following five stocks may the best upside potential for investors.
In a new research report, Stifel remains very positive on the semiconductor capital equipment stocks, and with good reason.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Monday include Advanced Micro Devices, Amazon.com, Capital One, Costco, Delphi Technologies and Twitter.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Wednesday include Allergan, Autodesk, Home Depot, Marvell, Qualcomm, UnitedHealth and Walmart.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Wednesday include Amazon.com, Applied Materials, Avon Products, CarMax, Micron Technology, Square and Whiting Petroleum.
